The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1903, Page 8

CHARITY BALL WEFROM WEST OCCURS TO-NIGHT fale Whioh Tore Wide Path InjSoolety Will Dance In a Good "Many Seotions Reachos New| Cause at the Waldorf-Astoria “York, and Even Lower Tem-) and a Brilliant Affair 18 Ex- peoted, MANY FAIR DEBUTANTES. All ts ready for the Charity Ball. Nover since it was inaugurated, forty- three years ago, has the event bee looked forward to with more pleasura- ble expectancy, and It 1s promined that this year’s function at the Waldorf- Astoria to-night will outshine tn Dril- Naney all that have gone before. Soclety—the society of the 400''—has given the ball Its approval and many prominent persons will attend. Before the dance dinners too numerous to men- ton have been planned, and a pleasing }feature will be the unusual number of { debutantes. The proceeds of the ball will go to the Nurmiry and Child's Tospital, and the revenue dorlved will be greater than ever before, it Is expected. Three banda will provide continuous music and a ttle “rag-time" hae been prom- ised the younger set ‘Mow York shivered to-day in the lower rature which followed the miafit ) Weather of yesterdoy, and the Govern- ‘vent weather prophet sald it was likely to get much colder, while the wind ‘Would probably continue at a thirty- ‘The thunder storm, which comprised the centre of the national weather movement, and which moved from the West to the ast over New York City ‘about 7 o'clock last night, wee followed by a gale which slackened after two fours to a forty-clght mile wind. But it brought the low-pressure area from > the West with it, and the temperature fell perceptibly before midnight. To- @ay's weather bore no semblance to the pAlmy zephyrs and bright sunshine of ‘thie last few days which deluded many into believing that the ground hog ned ‘4614 the truth about spring belng at hand. While the high winds rattled the win- low panes of Greater New York all light long it was more boisterous before afriving here and ripped a wide path ‘of destruction out of the Middle West. Chicago was isolated from the rest of the world for a time, with all tele- gtaph and telephone communication ‘down and with a foot of wet snow, cov- ered by a layer of sleet, on the ground, From Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Tennes- | fee, Pennsylvania and Western New| ing down from Mr. Kalvenhaven's es- “Fork come reports of the damage done} tate aweeps tt away. Magistrate Con- ‘by the storm. norton dismissed the complaint. ‘At Wilmington, Del., the arrival of storm was heralded as a tornado, us as \t whizzed through town St car- ried with it the roofs of about 100 build- /f “‘hgs, including that of a large waole- @Ale grocery store, where the large stock was damaged by the flood of rain which accompanied the wind, One per- | ‘son was reported injured there, while - from other places the report of injured 4@ small. | “At Newark Emma Egbert, nineteen yehrs old, was killed by # falling branch ‘of a tr The tree was struck by lightning. Lightning struck the plant of the Unl- orm Steei Company at Raaway, N. J., and started a fire which did $25,000 dam- age. RICH MAN IN POLICE COURT. Rot Plaint and Kalvenhaven Ip Free. Magistrate Dinmtiasen Com- D, Kalvenhaven, a wealthy prop- y owner of Astorin, was summonet before Magistrate Connorton, in the Long Island City Police Court towtay, upon the complaint of Jaspar Pasgone, who is erecting @ one-story frame house on Kalvenhaven avenue, Astoria, Pas- Kono alleges that as fast as he gets up a Only one safe way to perma- nently stop and cure FALLING HAIR ayo DANDRUFF —— | If your scalp is ofly, dry, scaly, irritated, and itches; if your hair is fading, falling out, splitting, losing lustre, or shows other evi- dences of decay and disease, I quickly overcome all these con- ditions, permanently cure the cause, and promote a new and healthy growth. All information free, and the strictest privacy assured. Hours 9 to 6, ‘At Pittsburg much fear is expressed that the Ohio River will reach the dan- ger line. Coa} Too Low for Independents. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 5.—Most of he independent oporatora who broke contracts way the bs oe opens t er Out itor the for contracts i ‘say that the price hag so decreased te. is no longer profitable to set! in jently. Wccni DiOs. Store-Crowding Hour Sales. Every item an incentive to bring the crowds—every hour rich in possibilities for you. In some cases the quanhiues will do well to hold out full time against the onslaughts of the crowds—then again other items are taken directly out of the best lines and given a one-hour sacrificing that’ll make ’em move with a rush, Camp with us for the day. If credit will aid you, do make use of it, The privilege is gratis—the benetits great. 9 to 10 A. | 1 to 2 P. M. | Signet ‘ ‘ - dem quality Outing Flannel, My sclentific treatments never fall, Thirty years’ practical ex- perience. Call or write personally 0 t JOHN H. WOODBURY D. 22 Went 23d Street, N. ° Y,} CREDIT HERE ISUKECSH ELSEWHERE GPE 1785s. Tallor-Made Suits, tight at- wolned roti 18 gray 5, 4.85 Taoe.” telommed Belt Buckles, jo, nd gilt, some haying stone ‘and dack of belts, value 2 Risine tate Pld Se, SOC 10 to 11 A. Tl. meee a aot e—short 22-in, fitted all watts ed, bias case fant 'vatus W000 10 toll AM, 4679 Theres Compound Talcum Pow- | > Daas! valu h Gl Fed, pa frame; some very 9 rT th cht Mak ke. 59 le. Oxtord and tancy Cheviot Knee rH 3 to Ib yearn: 100 256 Misses’ Cashmere Glo lined, al! colors and sizes, value Violet and Rom Totlet Wat 6-08. bottles, value 29c.; 2 to 8 P. Fwear—Heayy ribbed Ate And all lace | 280. Musil; wae, jength, je wit 15c| Must rok eaiioitery “ining, ge 3to4P. MM, fore; “slgen to iio8t'a"tond Mw. ‘ Boz. bottle of Bas: OO WAR jeter end ey Web Suspenders, Mele Sarena: (ude. 10, foundation for his house, water wash-|| POSTMEN DANCE AT BIG BENEFIT. Ten Thousand Dollars Cleared by the Ball Given by the New York Letter-Carriers’ Association. MAYOR LOW WAS PRESENT. Ten thousand dollars were adted to the sick and death benefit fund by the New York ‘Letter-Carriers’ Association at the monster reception and ball at Madison Square Garden last night, when the great building was packed from floor to the top gallery by the friends githe ray-uniformed Government men. At 9 o'clock there was not a place to stand fn all the building ana the vaude- ville turns and music could not be heard a great way from the stage, Af- ter the contert and vaudeville the chairs were cleared away and the real fun of the evening began. Some folks were coming to work before the last of the dancers went home. ‘Phe decorations formed a pleasing | part of the evening and coflected credit on the members of the committee, who gave eo much of their time to this feature, Supper parties filled the rex- tausant during the evening, and the affair was pronounced the most suc- cesstil in years. Many guests occupled boxes on the first floor, among them belng Mayor ‘Low. RLD KILLED FOR THIEF IN BURGLAR HUNT. Two Pursulng Parties Met, and Station Agent, Challenging Policeman, Was Shot. PLYMOUTH, N. 1, Feb. 6—Capt. George H. Colby, Boston and Maine station agent here, was shot and killed early to-day by Pollceman Lewis C, Mills, who mistook him for a burglar. Before dawn to-day the station was entered by two masked men, who held up ‘Thomas MeCough, who was in charge. They ransacked the money drawer and then made thelr escape, going up the Pemigewasset Valley Rall- road tracks toward Livermore Falls. Capt. Colby was notified and boarded a Nght engine in charge of Fred Bmith to pursue the men. Meanwhile Pollceman Millis had been notified, and with Ingineer Pike, of the “Cannon Ball” train, took a team and toward Tivermore Falls along the They hed the bridge at Falls there alighted, more a Mills track, As ho reached the track he saw a revolyer in hand. man with a revolver, The man cried out, “Hands up! an@ Mills, thinking a burglar confronted him, fired twice. It was soon discovered that Capt. Colby was the supposed robber. He was shot through the body and died soon after. Capt. Colby was Quartermaster in the First Now Hampshire Regiment during the Spanish war and had been Repre- sentativo in the Legislature. A widow and four children @urvive him, S AND IN. SHOE FAKES hidden deceptions in tricky Between the hours of 6th, there will be SHOE secting saws in the 15 at Denver store; Chicago store, good money for. also be explained, so that From 12 till 2 o'clock THE BUZZ SAW WILL’ BE HEARD IN 46 REGAL) STORES From ATLANTIC To PAciFic This is your last chance to get’ posted on the nary in the windows of every Regal store in the world This chain of FORTY SIX stores covers the map so widely that when the motors start the dis- at 12 o'clock noon, it will then be 4.55 o’clock evening at the London store ; 8.46 o'clock morn- ing at San Francisco store; 9.56 o'clock morning 13,06 o'clock morning at In the windows of-each store there will, at 12 o'clock, be a man,—a circular saw,—and a collection of well known $3,50 to $6.00 shoes, What the man will do to these shoes, with that Regal saw, will open the eyes of the public, and show up the POOR materials people have been paying This shoe dissection will uncover the cheap sub- stitutes for Oak tanned leather used, under the finish in ninety per cent, of all $3.50 shoes, It will expose the flimsy insoles,—pieced and patched vamps under toe caps, — card board toe-boxes, —poor lasting and stitching, concealed by superficial veneer, and which are responsible for the’ SHORT WEAR and carly loss of shape in most shoes, “The window of the sole” on Regal shoes, will whether or not there is genuine Oak leather in the soles of shoes BEFORE YOU PAY FOR THEM, REGAL OAK SOLED SHOES, LONDON “ UNCOVERED. shoes, 12 and 2 o'clock, February DISSECTION extraordi- New York Regal Stores, in future you may know Friday — Please note it! Sold ouly in 46 Regal Stores from New by mail, MEN'S ° NEW YORK O.ry Namay Sirooi, bet Sid Beckman, ret Busiding or, Th Avenue, WOPIEN’S STORES. NEW VORK CITY: 785 Broadway, cor, 10th Saroet "HAGE Broadway, “op, Merale savere. York to San Wranclaco and London, Also STORES, BROOKLYN. $57 Fulton t, Opp. Montague Street, Lil Broadway, near Bedtord Avenue. 1001 Broadway, bet. Ditmare @treet and Will- by A JRMARY CITY: 66 Newark Avenue NEWARK, N. J.: S41 Broad treet, opp Central RK, of N. J, Seventh Avenue, cor. golng down toward the railroad | | ¢ THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1 TOBENEFIT A WORTHY CHARITY. Hebrew Sheltering House and Home for Aged to Give Its An- nual Entertainment Sunday. The Hebrew Sheltéting House and Homo for the Aged will give its thir- teenth annual entertainment and ball Gunday night next at Grand Central Palace, Lexington avenue and Forty- third e@treet. The proceeds are to 0 to a fund which is being raised for the purchase of a larger building for the Ingtitution, | Some of tho best vaudeville performers on the loci stage have teared for the occasion and besides these the pro- grammenc offers other good attractions. The Heorew Sheltering House and SAWS BUZZ EVERYWHERE. Stmultan Whirl in Rega! ‘Windows in All Big Ct In nearly every dig city in the United Btates and In London, Pngland, at 12 o'clock noon Friday, buss saws in Regal shoe windows will begin sawing up shoes, For two hours the merty work will continue, but the difference in time in the various cities in which Regal Stores are jocated makes it possible for the Rega! people to say that In some store a saw will be at work any time between 6 A. M. and 9 P. M. This is the last act In the Regal Bhoe's “campaign of education,” which has been conducted with such success that shoe buyers nowadays appreciate the difference between genuine oak tanned aole leather and the other kinds. *** A Sail or’s Hornpipe Boys for Jo An Economy Tune That Parents Will Like ERHAPS you haven't thought of Wash Suits for your boys, yet. That's why we went about finding some suits to set you think- ing—and we've got them! Suits that every boy will be proud of. Suits that parents will be proud to see on their boys— 1,200 BOYS’ WASH SUITS Worth From a Half More, Up to More Than Double Today’s Prices! These are exactly the suits the boys will want as soon as the days moderate—exactly such suits as thousands of parents will pay the bigger prices for, if they fail to secure a share of these. A splendid saving for those eed ie: hese two groups: Sailor Blouse Wash Suits who buy a few weeks ahead of in sizes for 3 to 12 years, At 85c a Suit; Worth $1.25,to $2 Russian Blouse Wash Suits, in sizes for 8 to 6 years; and Sailor Blouse Wash Suits, in sizes for 3 to 12 years, At $1.45a Suit: Worth $2.25 to $4 | This is an opportunity provident parents of boys. Second Boor, Ninth street. The Cost of a Comfortable Home that will not be missed by Depends Largely on When You Buy EOPLE with taste for a hundred-and-fifty or two-hundred-dollar P feel that they can only affor: dred dollars for it. They may have it hundred dollars If They Buy arlor suite often to spend a hun- ; and spend only the In February The same is true of furniture for all over the house. Think ots we told of yesterday for $65! fonier for $43! « etting that hundred-dollar mahogany sideboard |}, Or that seventy-dollar chif- Buy them at any other time and you'll pay the bigger prices in the best store you know; and you'll pay still more, or get furniture not so good, in nine stores out of ten, even at the value prices we name. This Is a Sale for Particular People It is a sale for people who wouldn’t tolerate trash at any price. Nota single jiece of furniture is in this sale that is not worthy to go in our regular stock at the value price named on it. Not a Dollar That Is Saved Has a String To It! All the furniture is refined in style, worthily con- structed, and will satisiy those who buy it. Here are some offerings today that illustrate the sale more definitely: Dining Chairs at §2, from $3 Inquartered golden oak; panel carved top rail, shaped seatirame, French , One cane seat; pol- ished fi: Extension Tables at $12.50, from 0 Golden oak; round top, 4@ inches in diameter; deep rim with beaded | Mah edge; straight tapered lege; 6 ft, lone when extended; quartered oak top and rim, highly polished. Tron Bedsteads at $4, from $5.50 White enamelied, with woven wire epring attached to all-lron bunk; ornamental head and footplece; brass corner ornaments; 8 {t. to 4 ft, 6 tn, sizes; well built and fin- ished. A very remarkable value. Tables at $2, from $3 Square-to bedroom or Hving- room tabi: 24-in. quartered o1 top with broad carved edge; turned legs, lower shelf; highlyfin- ished and of good construction. Bookcases at $9, from $12.50 Golden oak, 54 in. high, 86 in, wide, 18 in. deep; four adjustable shelves, quartered ouk front, two glass doors; neatly moulded and door frames ; ‘polished finidh, Colonial Chairs at $4.25, from $6.50 Quartered golden} oak; panel back, turned legs, rush sea rtistic de- sign: suitable for living-room or bedroom. Chiffoniers at $15, from $22 Maboneny veneered; swell frontcase; top 8x18 our large and two eniall dray upright oval bey- celled edge mirror, 16x20 in.; top aud drawerfronte Diabogany ve neered; highly polished. Fancy Stools at $2.50, from $4 After the ‘Mission’ style; imitation mahogany, seen Ae fel ; rush seat; o1 rong! ul au nished. ‘JOHN WA Sideboards at $24, from $36 back,|Quartered golden oak, 6 ft. high, 47 in. long, 28 in. Serre aswel front top; two small drawers, large linen drawer, double cup- board; top bas three shelves; dovelled pl inirror, 86x18 in,; neatly , highly polished. Sewing Rockers Ai s from a9 ogany, Ipswich design; 6 wed shaped seat. no igh eh: with loug spindles; highly finished. Chiffoniers at $6, from $7.75 Golden oak; three } and two small drawers and bonnet box, carved back; SOP BBx17 in,; well ; panelled ends. Parlor Suites at $10, from $16 ‘Three pit ee een ae and wall- ir; new a ‘ames; panel i Ul tered poring seate; damask cover; imitation mahog- any, finish. ureaus at $15, from $22 Quartered golden oak; swell frou! 2x20 in.; two long an two short drawers; up! it oval bevelled edge mirror, 22x28 in.; neatly moulded edges and highly finished. Brass Bedsteads at $18, from $25 In & ft, to 4 ft, 6 in, elees; 1444mch ilar, 2-Inch vases, /4-inch filing: extended feb hh jameutal filling connections; head-ptece, 66 in. high; foot-piece, 42 in, high; bighly polished. Mckinley Chairs at $6.75, from Also Rockers; edlum high back; Entire Block, Fulton, From B: GarmMansG opciones oe eee Se Special Offerings for Friday, - . ridge to Duffield St., Brooklyn. @ 16c. Dress Shields, 8c. ber lined, sizes 2, 8 and 4, real value 16c., pair The Bargain Day of the Dress Shields, double covered, rub-| Tooth 8c Week, | ! Tooth Brushes, 2c, Brushes, 4-row bristle, somo slightly imperfect, choice, 2c inch wide, black and colors, per 4 yard piece, 4 Yard Piece Skirt Binding, 5c, | Blas Velveteen Skirt Binding, 1% 5c 5c, Wash Goods Sale, 10,000 yards Madras Ginghams, printed Dimities, white Lawns and India Linons, yard, c 12\¢c, Hosiery, 8c. Women's Stockings, fast black cot- { Men's 15c: Socks, 10c, Good quality st black cotton, with $1.50 Umbrellas, 90c. Men’s 28 inch Umbrellas, fine union taffeta silk, paragon frames, stee| rods, imported natural wood, horn, and silver trimmed handles, -90 ton, fine quality, seamless feet,| Maco split roles, seamless feet, double ‘heels and _ toes, high spliced heels and dou- slightly imperfect, 8c] die toes, +10 Water Pails, 23c. 12c. Back Combs, 7c. Japanned Water Pails, assorted Shelline Back Combs, manufac- || colors, 14 ats., +23] turer's seconds, each, 7c 7 Ten's & Boys’ $1.50 Hats, 50c. Men's and Boys’ Hats, Alpines and Derbies, broken sizes, for- iner prices $1.00 to $1.50, thotee 50 Wall Paper Specials, 10 rolls fine Gilt Paper, some reds and greens, and 20 yards 18 inch Border, for $1.00 Women’s $2.00 Slippers, 50c. 500 pairs of Women’s Slippers, satin and kid, opera and strap, pink, blue, white yellow, all broken sizes, pair, 15c, Gas Globes, 12c. Gas Globes, 2 patterns, 4in. size, scalloped tops, each, 12 -50 urtain Rods, 8c amel Curtains el trimmings, val- 8c 25c, Imperial Records, 15c. Imperial Records, including Songs, Quartets, Marches, Two-Steps, Banjo Solos and Talking Specialties, each, AS |25c. Turkey Red Damask, 15c, Turkey Red Damask, fast col- ors, neat patterns, yd., 15 25c. Table Damask, 20c, Table Damask, 5§-inch, 20 Bleached Muslin, Yd., 4c. Bleached Muslin, yard wide, for sheeting, yd 4c | bleached, 4 patterns, ¥d., Women’s 69c, Wr appers, 50c. Flannelette Wrappers, in dark col- orings, some braid trimmed, others plain, .50 10c. White Dotted Swiss, 654c. 2,500 yards White Dotted oye Child’s 15c. Underwaists, 10c. Children’s Knit Underwaists, sizes 8 to 10 years, in Corset Dept., -10 Swiss, five different styles, | yard Boy $1.50 Long Trousers, $1. Boys’ long Trousers, broken sizes, balance of our $1.50 | goods; choice, $1.00 } Floor Oilcloth, odd lots; regular 2c. and 85c. qualities, square yard, AS 25c, Floor Oilcloth, Sq. Yd., 15c, | $1.59 Bed Spreads, $1.25. Fringed Bed Spreads, for double beds, snow-white cro- chets, $1.25 12c, Baby Ribbon, 10 Yd. Pc, Thoc. Baby Ribbons, all silk satin, full width, all colors; regular, 1 Tac, quality, plece of 10 yds.,7 14C 12\4c. Printed Lawns. 8c. Printed Lawns, in a variety of dainty patterns on white grounds, made to sell at 12%¥c,, | yerd, 8c Black Dress Goods, 45c. worsted, fine black, 42 in. wide, yard, 45 Black Whipcords, made from pure | 60c. Reps, 25c. Remnant Lengths of extra heavy Rep, 50 in. wide, in uphol- stery department, yard, .25 Child’s 1214c. Hose, 7c. Ohildren’s Stockings, fast black, cot- ton ribbed, good quality, seam- less fect, double heels and toes, 7C} 59c. Bureau Scarfs, Etc., 25c. Bureau Scarfs and Pillow Shams, Irish Point, values 290, to 5oc., In linen dept., each, +25 10c. Gas Mantles, 8c. 19c. Sheet Music, 15c. Sweet By and By, Down Where the Home List. Frtmatted Rooms te Let Fervidhet Rosen to Let SS ee oe on Sete = may Re a ee THE’ 3-TIME RATE broad, rms; large seat frame; upholstered seat and back mahogany “Anlait highty: pollshed m, a, H Gilt’ Chairs at 96.28, from $10.60 Gut Race on Chaire; served ack; shaped seat Sramaes stered sp) seat; silk damask cover, Fourth door. NAMAKER -lormerly A. T. Stewart & Co,, Broadway, 4th Ave., 9th and 10th Sts, A TIP—The way to reach the names of New York is througt : eS ibe homie use to reach their help, That pa the TT: Sete Sho apis PES ES Sa | Fe eaten IS THE RATE TO USE FOR TE eee Incandescent Gas Mantles, 000)" Wore pur; ‘ger Flows, Banquet of quality, the 10c. kind, Misery Hall, Please Let Me each, 8c} Sleep, and others; copy, AS / nh Mi Desirable Rents. © Read Before Searching, | THE WORLD“VAURSDAY, PEBRUARY'S, 1900. NANTS,